9th Annual High School Art Exhibition Highlights Local Student Artists

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9th Annual High School Art Exhibition Highlights Local Student Artists

(TYLER, TX) January 2, 2013 – The 9th Annual High School Art Exhibition featuring works by over 70 students from 7 local high schools opens at the Tyler Museum of Art on January 5. A reception and awards ceremony honoring the young artists will take place at the Museum on Sunday, January 6 at 2 p.m.

The 9th Annual High School Art Exhibition will showcase two and three-dimensional pieces in the Bell Gallery by graduating seniors who have had several years of art in high school. The exhibition will also feature an “Up and Coming” category, highlighting a work of art from one freshman, sophomore or junior student from each participating school.

The public is invited to join student artists and their friends and families for a reception and awards ceremony at 2 p.m. on January 6. Light refreshments will be served in the Museum lobby and special art activities for younger children will be provided in the TMA Classroom.

Prior to the opening of the exhibition, the pieces will be judged by a panel of jurors from local college art departments. Jurors include Chris Stewart, Department Chair – Art at Tyler Junior College; Curtis Watson, Assistant Professor of Art at Texas College; and Alexis Serio-Hughes, Assistant Professor of Art at the University of Texas at Tyler.

The five most outstanding exhibition entries selected by the jurors will receive Merit of Honor awards at the ceremony on January 6. The exhibition will also have a Viewers’ Choice award. Voting by visitors to the exhibition begins on the opening day and will close at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 20. The award will be announced at the end of the exhibition. Ballots will be available at the Visitors Service desk.

This community-focused program offers local high school students the opportunity to have their works shown in a true museum exhibition. Each student, whose work was selected for the exhibition, will receive a certificate of participation and a one-year student membership to the Tyler Museum of Art. The works in the exhibition were chosen by the students’ teachers. The 9th Annual High School Art Exhibition will be on view January 5 through January 20, 2013.

The Tyler Museum of Art exists as an educational and cultural center to enrich the lives of East Texas citizens and visitors through the collection, preservation, study, exhibition, interpretation, and celebration of the visual arts. The Museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums and is located at 1300 S. Mahon Ave., adjacent to the Tyler Junior College campus off East Fifth Street. For more information, call (903) 595-1001 or visit www.tylermuseum.org.